Stevens Institute of Technology: Senior Design Spotlight - The Shell Eco-marathon скачать в хорошем качестве

Stevens Institute of Technology: Senior Design Spotlight - The Shell Eco-marathon

A Mechanical Engineering Stevens Senior Design team placed 15th in the Prototype, Battery Electric category of the 2012 Shell Eco-marathon America, which challenges teams from high schools and colleges teams from North and South America to design, build and test energy efficient vehicles. At the annual competition at Shell's headquarters in Houston, Texas from March 28 to April 1, Dave Bairamian, Nick Catania, Chris Coppola, Nick Gadaleta, Steve Rawson and Isaac Spingarn entered their car, Sweet Adeline, in the Prototype, Battery Electric category, which focuses on aerodynamics lightweight for extreme efficiency. On two separate runs, drivers Bairamian and Spingarn lapped an urban track in downtown Houston, competing against other teams to see whose plug-in electric and battery powered car could complete ten laps using the least amount of energy. Their car was on display at today's Stevens Innovation Expo. The team, who was advised by Mechanical Engineering Industry Professor Jan Nazalewicz and who benefited from generous funding from donor and Stevens alumnus Lawrence Carter '63, finished in 15th place out of a field of 21 vehicles in the category. Its best result was 2,325 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPGe) or 110 kilometers per kilowatt-hour (km/kWh). For more information please visit our site: http://www.stevens.edu/news/newspoint...